Disney and Jon Hamm have teamed up to bring audiences a brand new story of a baseball agent heading to India to find the next sensation of the game. In Million Dollar Arm, we find out that this agent learns about much more than just baseball on his life-changing trip. Opening on May 16, 2014, this new Disney film also stars Bill Paxton, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Alan Arkin.
Here is the synopsis for Million Dollar Arm:
Based on a true story, the film follows JB Bernstein (Hamm), a once-successful sports agent who now finds himself edged out by bigger, slicker competitors. He and his partner Aash (Mandvi) will have to close their business down for good if JB doesn't come up with something fast. Late one night, while watching cricket being played in India on TV, JB comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Why not go to there and find the next baseball pitching sensation? Setting off for Mumbai with nothing but a gifted but cantankerous scout (Arkin) in tow, JB stages a televised, nationwide competition called "Million Dollar Arm" where 40,000 hopefuls compete before two 18-year-old finalists, Rinku and Dinesh (Sharma, Mittal), emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the United States to train with legendary pitching coach Tom House (Paxton). The goal: get the boys signed to a major league team.
Check out the first trailer for Disney's Million Dollar Arm featuring Jon Hamm right here and let us know what you think of this new film in the comments section below: